COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE FOR THE ENTERPRISE Bjarne Schytte Country Manager BEA Systems The Enterprise Middleware Solution “Open Networks 99”

BEA Systems Founded01/1995 Revenue289 M USD ( ) Employees1500+ Offices50, 24 countries Product familiesBEA TUXEDO, M3, BEA WebLogic, BEA eLink Customers2000+ FundingWarburg, Pincus + Nasdaq ParnterISV, SI, hardware-OEM BEA Systems Nordic50+ employees Market leader from the beginning...

IT History Components Client Server Legacy

The challenge “Udfordringen består i dag at fastlægge, hvorledes virksomhedens centrale IT-funktioner bedst og mest sikkert kan udnytte middleware og Internettet. Begrebet IT-strategi omfatter nu også en plan for, hvorledes virksomhederne bedst muligt kan servicere kunder, dele projektdata, kommunikere med omverdenen og effektivisere egne arbejdsgange ved i større eller mindre grad at udnytte Internets udbredelse og delvis attraktive pris” “Alt om Net” Bjarne Schytte

Applikationsservere “For de fleste viser løsningen sig i form af en kombineret transaktions-monitor og Java- applikationsserver, der skydes ind i den eksisterende applikationsstruktur som bindeled mellem publicering af data på web-siten, udførelse af transaktioner i disse data, og sikker eksekution i virksomhedens interne EDB-system” “Alt om Net” Bjarne Schytte

A Pragmatic view towards middleware 1Reliability and availability 2Performance 3Management 4Security 5Scalability 6Standards compliance Source: Gartner Group Customer selection criteria for middleware: transactional integrity reliability availability scalability manageability security Mission-critical applications:

What is Middleware? Application Servers: Business logic platform Between data and presentation, middleware is a layer for deploying business logic - the software that runs your business Enterprise Application Integration (EAI): Supports application interoperability Integrates customer applications and other backends, middleware integrates the enterprise

Build Easy application development Independence from Language or Component Dialect Deploy and Manage Independence from System and Network Architecture Enterprise-class operations Connect Integrate the past, present and future Extend Applications BEA Middleware Suite BEA The Enterprise Middleware Solution

n By 2001, 75% of all new business systems will be built using a component architecture Gartner Group n Both monolithic three-tier, and the fine-grained object-oriented partitioning will be rare. Gartner Group The need for technology glue

n “Infrastructure software is time intensive. Off the shelf infrastructure decreases development time by 50%” Standish Group n “By not writing infrastructure code, application development savings range from 25% to 60%” Standish Group The need for technology glue

n “In future most organisations will relate to their customers primarily through or with the assistance of software. This fact should point organisations towards the building of a flexible and highly scaleable software infrastructure that can deliver the business applications of the future.” Robin Bloor,CEO,Bloor Research The need for technology glue

Goal of Enterprise Middleware Client’s ViewThe Reality

Management - Middleware Infrastructure Makes Components Work Send Alert Add Customer Check Credit Place Order Check Inventory Management Console Solid Deployment, Management Environment Needed For Components To Prevent Chaos Bill

The Critical Questions Can my staff manage it? Will it run all the time? Is it secure? Can it support all my users?

The Critical Answer Standard Component Models Enterprise Deployment Models Standard Connectors Standard Component Models Enterprise Deployment Models Standard Connectors Flexible Extendable Incremental Flexible Extendable Incremental Secure Supports all my users Runs all the time Staff can manage it Secure Supports all my users Runs all the time Staff can manage it